Jeff McDonald: Hello Blake, Good-bye Desmon

SACRAMENTO — There was a new face at the Spurs morning shootaround at ARCO Arena on Sunday morning.

With injured starting point guard Tony Parker on the sidelines for another three weeks, the Spurs signed Blake Ahearn, a 6-foot-2 combination guard who had been in training camp with the NBA D-League’s Dakota Wizards.

To make room for Ahearn on their 15-man roster, the Spurs had to waive rookie Desmon Farmer. A guard-forward from Southern California, Farmer played in three games. He scored 13 points, but made only 28.6 percent of his shots, and had not played since the Spurs’ Nov. 7 loss to the Miami Heat.

Ahearn has 10 games of NBA experience, having been called up from the D-League late last season by the Heat. He averaged 6.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists with the Heat.

Ahearn, 24, averaged 19.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists with Dakota last season. He made 43.9 percent of his 3-point attempts.